Sökning: "linguistic item"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 avhandlingar innehållade orden linguistic item.

  1. 1. Metaphor as a mode of interpretation : An essay on interactional and contextual sense-making processes, metaphorology, and verbal arts

    Författare :Claes Entzenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aesthetics; context; contextualization; active determination; interpretation; linguistic item; metaphor; sense-making; understanding; Estetik; Aesthetics; Estetik; Aesthetics; estetik;

    Sammanfattning : This essay is an attempt to assess the oddity and importance of metaphor, both viewed as inseparable, internal aspects of the metaphorical sense-making activity. To outline the "challenge" of metaphor, arguments are made against the traditional approaches to metaphor, namely the idea that metaphor is a thing, an entity out there in the discourse or text, whose meaning is embedded within its discrete units and parts. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Snakes and Ladders : Developmental Aspects of Lexical-Conceptual Relationships in the Multilingual Mental Lexicon

    Författare :Lari-Valtteri Suhonen; Språkinlärning; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; third language acquisition; cross-linguistic influence; mental lexicon; multilingualism; psychotypology; L3; attrition; second language acquisition; SLA; TLA; transfer; concept; cognitive control; working memory; CLI; multidirectional; multilingual mental lexicon; MML; acquisition; learning; translation ambiguity; introspection; longitudinal;

    Sammanfattning : One phenomenon causing issues for language learners in the form of cross-linguistic influence (CLI) is translation ambiguity (Eddington & Tokowicz, 2013). Translation ambiguity refers to a situation where word meanings are different in a speaker’s languages. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Words and non-words : Vocabulary and phonological working memory in Arabic-Swedish-speaking 4–7-year-olds with and without a diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder

    Författare :Linnéa Öberg; Ute Bohnacker; Laurice Tuller; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bilingualism; Arabic; Swedish; preschool children; vocabulary; phonological working memory; CLT; NWR; language exposure; developmental language disorder; DLD; tvåspråkighet; arabiska; svenska; förskolebarn; ordförråd; fonologiskt arbetsminne; CLT; nonordsrepetition; språkexponering; språkstörning; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the vocabulary skills and the non-word repetition (NWR) performance of 99 typically developing (TD) 4­­–7-year-old Arabic-Swedish-speaking children and 11 Arabic-Swedish-speaking children with a diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). The children’s early language development, family backgrounds and language exposure patterns are explored through parental questionnaires, and for the DLD children also via interviews with parents, teachers and speech-language pathologists regarding their developmental history, language skills and communicative behaviour. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Interpretive Functions of Adjectives in English : A Cognitive Approach

    Författare :Helena Frännhag; Carita Paradis; Kristin Davidse; Engelska; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adjective; meaning; meaning creation; interpretation; formal interpretive function; semantic interpretive function; kind identification; element identification; identity provision; stipulation; specification; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Lingvistik; Linguistics; Engelsk språkvetenskap; English; specification; stipulation; adjective; noun; meaning creation; cognitive semantics; interpretation; formal interpretive function; semantic interpretive function; kind identification; identity provision; element identification;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis presents a theoretical discussion of meaning creation in general, and interpretive functions of English adjectives in particular. The discussion rests on a dynamic view of meaning and interpretation, according to which there are no fixed linguistics meanings – not even for single lexemes. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Dietetic documentation : Content, language and the meaning of standardization in Swedish dietitians’ patient record notes

    Författare :Elin Lövestam; Agneta Andersson; Alison Steiber; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nutrition informatics; dietitians; Nutrition Care Process; patient records; professionalization; Kostvetenskap; Food; Nutrition and Dietetics;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis was to explore dietetic notes in Swedish patient records regarding content, language and the meaning of standardization.Firstly, an audit instrument for dietetic notes in patient records, Diet-NCP-Audit, was elaborated and tested. LÄS MER